-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
May 12, 13, 14
June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30
Senate Voting Schedule
May 12, 13
June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 9:30: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee informational meeting on PJM Regional Transmission Organization and energy markets. Room 523 Irvis Building. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch live.
TODAY 11:00: Agenda Posted. Joint Hearing Of Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure and Environmental Resources & Energy Committees on PJM grid Reliability Resource Initiative Planning and generation market updates. Room 8E-B East Wing. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live. Read more here on agenda.
May 13-- Senate Local Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 311 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) prohibiting local governments from banning any source of energy [like natural gas]. Room 8E-A East Wing. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch live.
May 13-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. 12:30 p.m. Read more here on agenda.
May 13- Agenda Posted. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m
May 14-- Agenda Posted. House Energy Committee informational meeting on electric transmission. Room 523 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
-- May 12 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 3 to 9 - 171 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; 7 Year Effort To Clean Up Conventional Well Continues; Defective Casing, Cementing [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 10 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 75 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 10 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- President's Proposed Budget Cuts Will 'Incapacitate’ State Environmental Programs - $120+ Million At Risk In DEP’s Budget; Drinking Water, Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Cut 89% [PaEN]
-- PA Senate Republicans Vote To Punish Communities Taking Steps To Protect Their Residents From Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project: 34 Organizations Sign Letter Urging Pennsylvania To Adopt Measures To Better Protect Public Health, Environment From The Impacts Of Shale Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- New Report: Shale Gas Industry Expected To Drill 8,400 More Wells In PA; 171 Shale Wells Abandoned So Far; Shale Well Plugging Expected To Cost Up To $8.5 Billion [PaEN]
-- We’ve Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History [PaEN]
-- Bucks County Beacon: Bucks County Audubon Society Showcases Its Rooftop Solar Panel Project At The honey Hollow Education Center
-- TribLive: New Kensington’s Re:Build To Boost US Production Capacity For Renewable Hydrogen In Westmoreland County
-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Unleash PA’s Energy Potential By Fixing Federal Tax Code ‘Mistake’ For Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers - Rep. Tim O’Neal (R-Washington)
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Innovation Economy - Rebuilding The Region One Brownfield At A Time
-- WESA: US Steel, Western PA Coal Power Plants Seek 2-Year Exemptions From Federal Air Pollution Rules
-- Centre Daily Times: Climate Watch: As Federal Climate Action Dominates Headlines, What’s Happening In PA?
-- LehighValleyNews: State Parks Near The Lehigh Valley Prep For Summer Crowds Amid Federal Closures
-- PennLive: If You’ve Never Kayaked In PA, Here’s How And Why To Get Started
-- WHYY: Schuylkill River Trail Expands To Grays Ferry With 650-Foot Cable Bridge
-- Inquirer: Two Iconic Shelters On PA’s Appalachian Trail Will Be Demolished As ‘Nonconforming’
-- PA Recreation & Park Society Blog: The Joyride That Is PRPS - How We Collaboratively Built Our Current-Day PRPS - By Tim Herd, President - PA People, Parks & Community Foundation
-- State Agencies Highlight Program To Replace Invasive Species With Native Plants To Celebrate May 20 PA Native Species Day At Cumberland County Conservation District [PaEN]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: WhiteHawk Energy To Acquire PHX Minerals For $187 Million, Growing Marcellus Shale Footprint
-- WPost: President Promised US Energy Dominance, Instead Oil & Gas Firms Are Reeling
-- The Economist: President Is Throttling America’s Oil/Gas Industry, Many Shale Producers Cannot Turn A Profit At Current Prices
-- Bloomberg: President’s Thirst For Cheap Oil Irks An Industry He Loves To Praise
-- Reuters: Exclusive: US, Russia Explore Ways To Restore Russian Natural Gas Flows To Europe, Sources Say
New Federal Administration
-- Beaver Times/RiverWise: Are Nonprofits Feel Losses From Termination Of Federal Thriving Communities Program
-- Reuters: FEMA Cuts Emergency Training As Hurricane Season Looms
-- PA Capital-Star: FEMA Leader Ousted, One Day After Publicly Opposing Agency’s Elimination By President
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Inquirer: Republicans Are Attempting To Boot 3 Democratic Justices From PA Supreme Court, Dems Are Worried
-- Politico: State Bear Brunt Of Proposed US House Republican Medicaid Plan
-- WSJ: Congressional House Republican Proposal Cutting Medicaid Aims For Republican Middle Ground
-- Financial Times: US Beef Prices Extend Surge As Ranchers Face Thinnest Herds In 70 Years
-- Financial Times: President Defends Gift Of 747 Jet From Qatar As New Air Force One
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[Posted: May 12, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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